RaamReddy’s debut Thithi has won two awards at the Locarno International Film Festival. The Kannada movie, which was competing in the section titled Concorso Cineasti del Presente, or “Filmmakers of the present” at the 69 year-old festival in Switzerland. It was awarded the top prize in this category, which recognises debut and second features. Tithi also won the Swatch Award, which is awarded to the Best First Feature and decided by a separate jury. Reddy’s comedy, co-written by Ere Gowda and featuring mostly non-professional actors, is about three generations of a family in rural Karnataka that congregates for the cremation rites of their patriarch.

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